The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-22

out Safeguarding Win ma" "'A
Ackley, assaulted him In most bruta
and cruel manner, and finely tied him u
the rear Of the sleigh ana dragged him
long distance over the rough road. he
has since died Of his injuries, The man
though intoxicated, by the girls confession
WAS not the sggrassor, but the victim o.
their tiendlsh and uncalled.for brutality
Notwithstanding the croakers and small
partisan newspapers OF the republican
stripe and orators Of the same breed OPP
no,ed the election si Cleveland, and pre-
Iic,ed a vast complication OF ruinous con
seouences 10 the finance and business OF
the country, AS certain TO follow his cleo
ton 10 thu presidency, every one OF theii
most and even least direful prognostica
r,ons had come to nought. The Chicago
Inter. Ocean, one Of the most trusted OF re
publican prophets, gives couple or col
umns of facts which show the healthies'
possible condition Of the financial b"dy OF
the county. Its headlines: Every
where feeling Of great confidence as "a
the iuure; prices advanced in2neariy
all speculative markets" are fully Iusii'
he'd ny its reports from all the leading
| Ce tiers
| The annual report of the Illinois Kaii
road and Warehouse Commissioners loi
the year ended June, 30, 1856, the report
having just been completed, shows the
total mirage of r,ilrmds in Illinois TO be
I, s31 an iucrenoa oyer last year in main
line aud branches Of liG miles. fry.
three companies have reported TO the com
missiouers capital stock Of S'ii, 33 22S q
10, being an increase over that of last year
of s3l, Osl .s33 % The aggregate cost OF
construction aud equipment Is over II ooo'
600 900 The gross earnings for lllisnls
business for the year Is SJj,bT ,3Jl,O6,
Sl5.3l6 lO4 4O Of which Is from passengers
aud 1898 81 G3 from freights and 81,
s3S 1928 81 from other sources. The de
crease trnm last years business Is s 2s3,-
6l3lO. The following roads paid divi.
dends Chicago & Alton, 8 per cent on
common stock and per cent on preferred,
81 4O7 ,l0i Chicago, Rock Island " Pacific,
7 per cent on common stock, 81 ,93I 1856.
The total number of employees on all the
roads reported WAS IA $50 and their aggre-
n
gate salary f7G S62, l'8 IS. OF these SO, 100
we're employed in Illinois, and their az
gregate salary was $50 ,379,26 II. The sta
tistics on accidents shows that 800 people
we're killed and 95S injured
Justice Daniels, of the supreme court OF
New York, has Administered a singing
rebuke 70 Jim Keene and others who gam
bic on the necesssries of life. Some time
ago Keene and others formed apool TO buy
up all the lard In New York city, and
then force up the price so as to squeeze
million of dollars, more, or less, out of
the consumers. They succeeded, but
there is not always honor among thieves
Keene and the brokers' whom he had en-.
ployed TO help him, quarreled about the
division OF the spoils, suit followed, and
when II came before the supreme court
ustice Daniels denounced the pool as
little, If anything, less than gambling
Such com biuation Is an unlawful con
spring, punishable as crime, and 1t is
further settled where such combination
or conspiracy may have been carried Into
effect, that the law will not aid either of the
parties In any endeayor by means of legal
proceedings to secure or obtain his share
of the plumber ..... ........
Keens had sued the brokers and by their
decision was beaten. A similar suit
brought by him against these same defend
ants for Sl50,O00 was compromised, they
paying him $G2 800 and all this money,
an nearly million more came, like the
high protective tariff, from the pockets of
the consumers!